--- title: From midnight to near sunset the next day he lies in a trance, durin… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: From midnight to near sunset the next day he lies in a trance, during which fair spirits minister to him again his lost strength; and there is shown to him a vision of some mystic greatness reserved for Erin, yet of an order which he cannot understand. Who acts: next day, battle. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next day, battle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:15:11 # text = From midnight to near sunset the next day he lies in a trance, during which fair spirits minister to him again his lost strength; and there is shown to him a vision of some mystic greatness reserved for Erin, yet of an order which he cannot understand. 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 trance trance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 compound _ _ 19 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | the next day | | | a trance | midnight | of a order; battle *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in trance=Location | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show** | present · passive | the next day *not said here* | a vision of some mystic greatness | battle | there | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: vision=Topic to he=Recipient | | 4 | **reserve** | participle | | some mystic greatness *not said here* | | | | for Erin | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for erin=Beneficiary | | 5 | **not** **understand** | can | battle | a order | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)